Wellfleet clinic closes for construction

Thursday

WELLFLEET — Outer Cape Health Services’ Wellfleet clinic will close Nov. 30 so the building can be enlarged and renovated.

The building is expected to reopen in the spring of 2019. In the meantime, Wellfleet patients will either be sent to the new OCHS clinic in Harwich Port or to the Provincetown clinic.

The new OCHS Harwich Port health center is slated to open Dec. 3, according to a press release from Outer Cape Health Services. The existing OCHS Harwich health center on Chatham Road will close permanently on Nov. 30 and resume scheduled visits at the new and expanded Harwich Port health center at 710 Route 28, directly across from Brax Landing Restaurant.

Existing staff and medical providers from the Wellfleet health center will continue to be employed in Provincetown and Harwich Port to accommodate increased visits at these centers. Wellfleet health center patients with December appointments have been informed via mail, phone, email, and text message of the location of their upcoming visits, the release states.

Both the Harwich Port and Wellfleet projects are being funded in part by OCHS’ capital campaign called Enhancing Spaces, Impacting Lives, a multi-year effort to raise funds toward the construction and equipment costs. The balance will be realized through increased patient volume revenue and long-term, low-interest financing, the release states.

To learn more about ways to support the campaign, contact Kathleen Weiner, OCHS chief development officer at 508-905-2851 or kweiner@outercape.org.

Patients unclear about their appointment locations can call the OCHS Patient Access Center at 508-905-2888 for clarification and confirmation.